Late April starters - thread 3

[wlinewbie0425]

We’ve filled another thread already, with fantastic support as most of us reach week 3 or 4 and think about pen 2! Thread 3 now as we enjoy the unexpected early summer and move into our second month of Mounjaro, lighter in both scales and mood.

Good morning all - I always look forward to Friday mornings as loads of your do your updates then!

well done @catchingzzzedsi was the exact same starting weight as you in January! Got to 12s recently thanks Mj and it feels great. Enjoy your celebrations this weekend - it’s great to know we can make this work around life and still enjoy.

@Scouseblokesorry to hear you had a negative reaction from your friend well done on shutting it down. Also @Ricolettijokey or not it’s all part of the same perception issue.

I also find electrolytes help with the headaches I have got in first day or so after jabs. Hope those of you who had them are feeling better.

@StartingApril2025if you are trying to split what’s left in the pen, what I would do is use syringes for both last 2 doses so you know exactly what you get. I think from your post you are on 2nd 2.5mg pen and about to take second normal 2.5mg dose today. That would mean there is then a minimum volume of 0.6ml x3 (2 normal plus golden) = 1.8ml left and likely 2ml total. So splitting that in 2 you could take 3.75mg (0.9ml for each of next two doses) with plenty to prime if that’s what you are aiming for. Using a mix of clicks and syringe could cause more confusion as you don’t know exactly when the pen will stop. As always with this, none of us are advising one another to do this - but if you do, please write it all down first and check your own maths as I’ve seen more and more posts elsewhere with people who have got confused or cavalier about it and ended up injecting more than intended or having no idea what they took.

This brings me to something I was meaning to post as seen a lot of questions and confusion on so many threads (including confusing volume and mass!) - it is always:

actual ml injected/0.6ml x normal dose of pen in mg.

eg: 0.9/0.6 x 2.5 = 1.5 x 2.5 = 3.75mg

eg2: 0.7/0.6 x 2.5 =1.167 x 2.5 = 2.9mg

eg3: 0.8/0.6 x 5 =1.33 x 5 = 6.67mg

eg4: 0.8/0.6 x 10 =1.33 x 10 = 13.3mg

it’s essential to check this every single time and record what you took, as once you are on the higher doses the ratios make a much bigger difference. if you took 0.8 golden dose from a 10mg pen just because you’ve done it with all your pens before, it would jump you over 13, past the normal 12.5 step up.

Well done on the first stone loss @violetmondaysand everyone else with losses this week.

@GeraniumRoseblusha lot of people do seem to stick at the 2.5mg if they are experiencing same as you. It’s easy enough to continue with that for a couple more weeks or longer just by taking 30clicks from your 5mg pen. If you didn’t pay more for it than 2.5 it won’t feel so bad if you have to throw some away at the end. 5 of the 2.5mg doses would be within 30 days too.

@Sheldon4kyour trip sounds amazing - I think what you are saying about taking the end of last pen for one dose in first part of your trip then riding it out until you get back sounds wise. With all that exercise I doubt you will pile loads of weight back on nice food or not. And you won’t get back to zero Mj in your bloodstream anyway, 5 days is only the half life - plan it on shotsy or dose diary.

Hope SEs are easing for people, and well done for all the losses and for telling well-meaning (?) friends where to go! We’re all around 6 weeks into this (give or take a week or so) and I know for me the change in my life since then has been immense. Hopefully we’re all laying down good new habits that will stick with us and help us keep the not-so-healthy habits under control. 💪

@bridgetreilly I moved from a Friday to a Thursday then to a Wednesday (so opposite to your plan), just moving it a day each jab and that worked fine.

@PoisonIvy89 that sounds a bit of a challenging day. Hope today’s better - sorry if you’ve said this and I can’t recall/find it but think you’re doing your golden dose of a 2.5/3.75mg? Are you moving up next week as sounds like you might be ready?

Enjoy your weekend away @catchingzzzeds!

Morning all! W6D1 Checking in and catching up on everyone’s week! I switched to Friday jab today because I couldn’t cope with the nausea at work last week! The SEs did wear off after day 2 so this way I can suffer over the weekend! It’s been interesting to read how some of you have been having minor weight gains - to be honest it’s that very reason which keeps me from weighing myself at all! But we all know this isn’t a quick fix and it isn’t ’the easy option’ either - just reading everyone’s stories shows how tough it really is! So I think we should all congratulate ourselves for doing so well! I cant believe that after 5 weeks I am still on this path! Even though I have had many wobbles something inside me knows this will work for me - finally light at the end of the tunnel - and I’m going to keep going. Thank you for all being here & letting me share your journeys too! 👏👏👏👏👏

That’s really helpful @wlinewbie0425. I saved this from somewhere else, can’t remember if it was Mumsnet or Reddit, and the person sharing it had saved it too, so I can’t credit the original source unfortunately. It shows for each size of pen what each number of clicks is giving you, the ml needed if using syringes, and the number of doses you’ll get out of a pen if you were 30 clicks per dose, or 45 clicks, for example.

Sharing in case it’s useful to anyone, but as you say, you must check each time:

Morning everyone,

Weekly update just finished my first week on 5mg no SE really just tiredness had diarrhoea once but I had some chips (4!). Took my 2nd dose last night and Ive woken up with reflux this morning and diarrhoea, fingers crossed it’s just a one off! It’s also time of the month so I always feel iffy.

Ive lost 1.2lbs this week and just shy of a 1st loss! I think it would of been more if not for time of the month 😩

Some NSV this week I’ve had a lot of comments now saying I look like I’ve lost a lot of weight. I’ve also gone from a size 18/20 to a 14/16! So I must be losing more inch’s than weight. My partner took a photo of me without me knowing and showed me and wow I do look a lot smaller!

Good luck everyone for the week ahead!

@wlinewbie0425 thanks so much, il order some needle syringes to have for next week. Weigh in this morning and 1 lb on from last week which is disappointing as apart from yesterday I was well within calories all week! Ah well onwards this week!

Morning 👋 weigh in day for me.

W6D2 (4x2.5, 2x5)
SW 12st 7.5
CW 11st 5.4 (1 stone club 🎉)
loss this week 2.2lbs

Waist now measures 34”, which sounds (and feels) so much better than 42”.

Well done everyone. Have lovely weekends all x

I think go for it with confidence. Took mine yesterday afternoon and fell so much better than last week. I've woken up with a headache but think electrolytes will sort that. Apart from that I feel pretty good. I'm hoping for a much better week this week. Only 1.5 off last week and really felt rubbish, but I think have either got used to the 5 or have recovered from whatever I had. So yes, go for it with confidence and report back!

Weigh-in day here too.

-3.5lbs so overall loss is now 14lbs in 5 weeks. I've made the 1st club too 🎊

First week on 5mg has been so, so much better in terms of suppression. I've still been eating but I've not been feeling massively hungry.

So happy as its been years since I've managed to lose this much.

SW: 187.5lb
Current weight: 173.5lbs

Still a way to go as I'm only 5ft 1in so my GW will be about 9st, but I'm thrilled with my progress so far.

Congratulations 👏

Well done on your loss and reaching the 1st milestone.

Well done on all the losses gang 🤩

Another week of moving in the right direction for us all, one foot in front of the other and we’ll get there.

This is my 2nd week on 5mg as used golden dose last week to make my 2.5 a 5mg. Was fine last week and jabbed Tuesday morning. This morning woke up and straight away had to be sick and feel so sick! I didn’t overeat at all yesterday but I’m wondering if what I had has caused it. I had some tiger loaf with the ceaser dip and garlic aliol dip from sainsburys! Wondering if it’s just to much cream. Has anyone else had this? X

Also, well done everyone on losses!! Xx

Yes, i had a whole pot of potato salad which was quite creamy, garlicky and had chives. It gave me a stomach ache and me feel sick.

Morning all and happy Friday! Just done my 45 clicks of the 5mg pen to give me 3.75mg. I was a bit nervous in case I did it wrong but seems like it was fairly easy, just had to make sure I wasn’t distracted when I was counting! Kids all had a late night last night so they were all still in bed.

SW: 13.3
CW: 12.3
Total lost: 14lb (1 stone)

Really chuffed with this, but realise there’s still a fair way to go (probably another 2-2.5 stone).

Congrats @Crunchymum@catchingzzzeds @AbundanceofKatherinesand @Vixs13on your losses and big shout to those joining the 1 stone club 🎉
@StartingApril2025 hopefully just a fluctuation in the scales 🤞🏻

I find morning nausea is often caused by acid which is probably due to heavy food the night before. Try some antacid (I use Omeprazole but Gaviscon would probably work too).

@PoisonIvy89 I've just done it! By using the syringe - was way more nervous than the first time with the pen but it was surprisingly easy. I got 0.7 out so a 2.9mg dose, just to see how I fare with a small increase.

Thanks to @wlinewbie0425 for such a timely list of dosage calculations. And yes, I may do a lower dose with my 5mg pen as it was the same price as my 2.5 so that was a bonus!

So W5D1 and weigh day
SW 11st 12
CW 11st 3
9lbs off in 4 weeks - slow and steady 😀🐢

Morning all!!
fantastic losses and NSA - well done all!!!
wk5 day6 for me - had the golden dose (which was over 30 days since pen first used) and 0.7ml. Had the same food suppression and zero food noise so glad I’m sticking to 2.5mg for now.
Had a strange afternoon yesterday after work. I think I had maybe a sugar dip - felt very out of sorts, I was confused, my eyes felt blotchy and everything was too bright (almost like a migraine without the headache?!) The worst bit was how it frightened my Daughters 🥹 But after a lie down and a nap I felt loads better - even when my youngest (she’s 18) decided to do my blood pressure and announced it was 40/38 - she’d read the numbers wrong in the darkened room - so for a second I thought I was half dead!!!!!! I tell you that livened me up!!!!!!! 😂

@PoisonIvy89i had a day like that yesterday, just wanted to drink loads of wine and eat loads of crisps and chocolate. I think that although MJ helps it’s just old habits and boredom creeping in. Also I haven’t had chocolate for a month now and think it’s just being fed up of being on a diet and not being able to have things. Hope the golden dose is ok - I found the thought of it so much worse than doing it - the syringe didn’t hurt at all and was no different to the pen.

Well done to everyone on their losses and good luck for weigh ins!

does anyone else get a strange almost metallic taste in their mouth for the first few days after jabbing?

Yep I get the metallic taste @Seahawk80. It was the only way I could tell I’d taken the 2.5mg shots as no other symptoms! 😁

Glad you’re not half-dead @BeachBodyAim 😂

Great losses all, including @Crunchymum when you thought it would be a doom and gloom week!

I’ve just reordered my next 5mg pen and had been with MedExpress as had two discounts to use with them. But this time round would have been around £148. Using monj.co.uk, I could get it for £105.98 with a first order discount with PillSorted so have gone with them. But as part of the (lengthy, videos and photos) order process, to prove I’ve had 5mg or lower recently, they ask for a photo of your prescription label which is on the outside of the box…the box I’ve thrown away each time as didn’t think I’d need 😬. So just a warning for others, it’s probably sensible to keep the box a) in case you need to show doctors etc and b) in case you want to order with a different prescriber! I’ve screen shot my order email which has my name, address, pen dose and an expected delivery date - just hope they accept that 🤞

@Coventree glad it’s not just me!! Thanks for the tip about the box. I’m planning to shop around for the next pen as £200 a month isn’t sustainable.

@BeachBodyAimthat made me laugh! Glad you’re not half dead!

Just taken dose 6 (second at 5mg) and I've finally started losing weight - 3 pounds off! 3 pounds in 5 weeks is very slow (I have 5 stone + to lose) but it's finally starting to shift!

Urghh don't seem to have lost any weight this week so think my decision to move to 5mg next month might have been wise.

Got three more 2.5mg to go. Not sure huge amount of suppression but I still can't eat much when I do actually eat so it's clearly still working.

Will plough on nevertheless.

Huge congrats on all the losses and NSVs this week!

I myself have had a terrible week. We went away for half term (back today) and let’s just say I went into full holiday mode 😭

I’ve got another 4 weeks on 2.5mg as it was doing okay, but feel it’s started not working quite as well so may double dose from next week and in the meantime order a 5mg pen.

Feeling generally rubbish and sorry for myself. Feel free to give me a kick up the backside!!

No weighing this week, for my own sanity!

@violetmondaysThat would make sense actually as I do sometimes suffer with acid and a few nights ago I actually woke up with acid in my mouth having to get up and swallow it, I’ve not had it like that since I was pregnant!